AcqNotes was founded and created as a knowledge based tool for the Aerospace Industry. As an Air Force Reservist and Sr. Systems Engineer in the Aerospace Industry, I recognized the need for a simpler source of DoD acquisition related information and documentation. I was constantly being asked by my colleagues where they could find acquisition and engineering materiel that was easier to understand and obtain, so I created AcqNotes.

WORK EXPERIENCE

United States Air Force Reserves – Officer Commercial SATCOM Engineer
Provides engineering support to the Space & Missile System Center (SMC) and contract management support to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) on a variety of Air Force, Army and Navy programs.

Developed and implemented a system engineering quarterly reporting process which highlighted and eliminated redundant processes which ended up saving DCMA $50K in manpower costs per quarter.

Northrop Grumman Corporation
Senior Systems Engineer
Provided systems engineering support as the Cross-Segment Integration Lead on a classified DoD program and Mission Area Lead for defensive counterspace technology and concept development.

Developed, traced and managed 3,000+ system level requirements in a DOORS database for a classified Air Force program ensuring traceability and Configuration Management standards were met.

Managed the integration of seven system components for a $500 million program which insured the overall system functioned in the way it was designed.

United States Air Force – Officer Chief Systems Engineer – Rapid Attack Identification and Detection System (RAIDRS) Block 20 ProgramLed all Systems Engineering activities associated with initial program development to include procuring and allocating engineering resources, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development, developing operational and system level requirement, System Architectures and engineering management.

Managed the $3.5 million systems analysis development project that defined operational and system level requirements and identified key technology Risk Drivers. This analysis allowed system affordability and Trade Studies to be conducted on the program requirements to optimize system design.

Performed a detailed $2.5M system level Risk Analysis that identified key programmatic and technical risks, risk cost drivers, and implemented Risk Mitigation Strategies that minimize these risk preventing cost and schedule overruns to the program.

Program Manager – Space Based Radar (SBR) Program, Los Angeles AFB
Managed a 25 government team and $400M contract with Northrop Grumman Space Systems on executing the overall cost, schedule, and performance for the initial conceptual design of the Space Based Radar (SBR) system.

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